Your Call
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How gerrymandering, the electoral college & dark money has brought us to the brink of overturning Roe v. Wade
May 10, 2022 15:21 - 52 minutes - 23.8 MBOne Planet: What will it take to stop deep-sea mining?
May 09, 2022 07:44 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBMedia Roundtable: The plight of Ukrainian refugees
May 06, 2022 07:09 - 13 minutes - 5.98 MBMedia Roundtable: The media call abortion a divisive issue even though the majority support Roe
May 06, 2022 06:46 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MBRomanian activists risk their lives to protect old growth forests from furniture giant Ikea
May 05, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBThe environmental effects of the global slave trade
May 03, 2022 16:18 - 52 minutes - 23.8 MBA Woman on the Outside explores how mass incarceration affects children and families
May 03, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 71.3 MBOne Planet: How the climate crisis impacts people behind bars
May 02, 2022 08:30 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBMedia Roundtable: How oil lobbyists influence climate policy in California
April 29, 2022 07:54 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBMedia Roundtable: El Salvador extends state of emergency. More than 17,000 people have been arrested since late March
April 29, 2022 07:16 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MBIn The Terrority, Brazil’s Uru-eu-wau-wau people protect their land from invaders & illegal deforestation
April 28, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBThe influence of dark money behind the Republican pro-parent rebrand
April 27, 2022 11:00The groups & dark money behind anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ & anti-CRT legislation
April 27, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBIn Black Mothers Love & Resist, moms organize for justice & an end to police brutality
April 26, 2022 14:43 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBOn this edition of Your Call, we discuss Black Mothers Love and Resist, a documentary about the mothers of young Black men victimized and killed by police brutality, who come together and build a network of community-led support, mutual aid, and healing. Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar Grant, now supports mothers like Angela Williams, whose son, Ulysses, survived a police beating in Alabama, living to tell his story. The film will be screened at this year's San Francisco International Film...
Russia's deadly assault on Ukraine & Putin's endgame
April 21, 2022 08:08 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBOn this edition of Your Call, we'll get the latest on Russia's almost two month invasion of Ukraine.
What our tax dollars pay for & what it will take to tax the rich
April 20, 2022 15:23 - 52 minutes - 23.8 MBOn this edition of Your Call, we'll find out how our tax dollars are being spent. According to the National Priorities Project, the average taxpayer spends $929 for military contractors, $62 for nuclear weapons, $62 for deportations and border control and only $7 for anti-homelessness programs and $5 for renewable energy. Then we'll find out what it will take to tax the wealthiest in order to fund desperately needed programs.
One Planet: The future of coral reefs
April 19, 2022 16:48On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, science writer Juli Berwald discusses her new book, Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs.
It's Bean Too Hot highlights coffee growers responding to the climate crisis
April 19, 2022 10:11 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBOn this edition of Your Call, we discuss It's Bean Too Hot, a documentary that tells the story of coffee farmers whose livelihoods are at stake as they rush to adapt to the climate crisis.
One Planet: The future of coral reefs
April 18, 2022 07:30On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’ll have a conversation with science writer Juli Berwald about her new book Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs.
Media Roundtable: The untold stories of the last days of the US war in Afghanistan
April 15, 2022 18:52 - 28 minutes - 13 MBOn this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we discuss a ProPublica/Alive in Afghanistan investigation about last summer’s chaotic and deadly evacuation of Afghan civilians during the last days of the US presence in Afghanistan.
Media Roundtable: USA TODAY’s investigation into nursing home failures during COVID-19
April 15, 2022 08:36 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBOn this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we discuss a USA TODAY deep analysis of more than 15,000 nursing homes to find out how they performed during the winter surge of COVID-19 infections and deaths that started in late 2020.
The documentary Keystone explores the importance of bison to the land, ecosystem & Native tribes
April 14, 2022 19:21 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBOn this edition of Your Call, we'll discuss Keystone, a documentary about the land, humans, flora, and fauna, with a focus on bison. The near extinction of bison has altered North America's delicate eco system, affecting all of its inhabitants. Replacing bison with cattle has further thrown the ecosystem out of sync and accelerated the collapse of the American prairie. What happens when bison are restored to tribal lands?Keystone is showing at the Green Film Festival of San Francisco, which r...